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  • Maryam Turkey, BID ’17 and visiting instructor of industrial design, won the 2024 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Design. She was recognized “for her practice that seeks to bridge cultural and societal divides while simultaneously challenging the status quo; through organic sculptural forms and surfaces she deconstructs gender norms, revealing a powerful humanity.

  • Leslie Diuguid, visiting assistant professor of Fine Arts, is profiled in Curbed. The article explores how she turned an old dry cleaning store into “the first Black female-owned fine-art printing business in New York City.”

  • Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, MFA Communications Design ’15, discusses her latest project, Weaving Our Stories, in a video profile with Thai PBS. “My favorite thing about this piece is how so many techniques from across the United States and Thailand come together to weave this beautiful monument, when our ideas, when people brush up against each other and really create together,” she said. “That’s when possibilities unfold and that’s when things are born.”

  • Sylvia Plachy, BFA ’65, has a retrospective of photography that captures New York over the decades on display in the Brooklyn Central Library through April 14. It happened in New York showcases Plachy’s “ability to uncover vulnerability and the psychogeography of her surroundings [and] demonstrates the indispensable role of the photographer.”

  • Megan Thee Stallion wears pieces by two Pratt alumni in the video for her new song “Hiss.” Laurel Dewitt, BFA Fashion Design ’06, created a custom crystal neckpiece for the artist, while Sarah Sokol, BFA Interior Design ’11, provided a custom hat.

  • Gerald Levy, adjunct assistant professor of social science and cultural studies, discussed the growing strength of the labor movement in the United States with CFO Dive. “The ‘mood’ of the workers has changed,” Levy said. “They see the current time as a historic ‘moment’ to strike while the iron is hot and make transformational changes.”

  • Salman Toor, MFA Fine Arts (Painting) ’09, shares his work, preoccupations, and influences in the PBS arts and culture series, CANVAS. “About three or four years ago, I decided to make semi-autobiographical paintings that were about being more out as a gay man,” he said.

  • Steve Locke, professor of fine arts, has joined the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture’s Board of Governors to advance the school’s mission of uplifting emerging visual artists. “Skowhegan has been such a major part of my life as an artist and educator,” he said. “I’m really happy to have this opportunity to serve and give back to a place that has given so much to me.”

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